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the committee: |
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have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of three or more of its members and to refer to any subcommittee any matter which the committee is empowered to examine; and |
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appoint the chair of each subcommittee who shall have a casting vote only; |
(11) |
at any time when the chair of a subcommittee is not present at a meeting of the subcommittee the members of the subcommittee present shall elect another member of that subcommittee to act as chair at that meeting; |
(12) |
two members of a subcommittee constitute a quorum of that subcommittee, provided that in a deliberative meeting the quorum shall include one Government member of either House and one non-Government member of either House; |
(13) |
members of the committee who are not members of a subcommittee may participate in the proceedings of that subcommittee but shall not vote, move any motion or be counted for the purpose of a quorum; |
(14) |
the committee or any subcommittee have power to: |
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(a) |
call for witnesses to attend and for documents to be produced; |
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(b) |
conduct proceedings at any place it sees fit; |
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(c) |
sit in public or in private; |
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(d) |
report from time to time; and |
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(e) |
adjourn from time to time and sit during any adjournment of the Senate and the House of Representatives; |
(15) |
the committee or any subcommittee have power to consider and make use of the evidence and records of the Joint Committees on Migration Regulations and the Joint Standing Committees on Migration appointed during previous Parliaments; |
(16) |
the provisions of this resolution, so far as they are inconsistent with the standing orders, have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders; and |
(17) |
a message be sent to the Senate acquainting it of this resolution and requesting that it concur and take action accordingly. |